Delving into the horror of sound

Sneer · 12-14-2009, 09:33 AM

Greetings all, i've just started on a project with a couple of friends of mine, each of us has to come up with a 30 song playlist containing the most unsettling, terrifying pieces of music we know. I so far have around 20 tracks, which are posted below. What im asking from you is do you have any other suggestions, and if you were to do one of these, what would your 20 consist of?

Mine thus far:

Comus - Bitten
Cromagnon - Toth, Scribe I
Set Fire To Flames - There Is No Dance In Frequency And Balance
Henry Cow - Solemn Music
Fifty Foot Hose - Cauldron
Popol Vuh - Die Nacht Der Himmel
Michael Gordon - Excerpt Three
Bauhaus - Double Dare
Massacre - Gate
Daniel Johnston - Despair Came Knocking
Trencher - Nightmares On Crack St
Art Bears - Civilization
Faust - Mamie Is Blue
White Noise - Love Without Sound
The Residents - Isolation
Swans - Beautiful Child
Arab On Radar - God Is Dad
Flying Saucer Attack - Rainstorm Blues
Mount Eerie - My Heart Is Not At Peace
This Heat - Cenotaph
Throbbing Gristle - What A Day
Nurse With Wound - Two Mock Projections
The Telescopes - Oil Seed Rape
MARS - Hairwaves
This Mortal Coil - The Horizon Bleeds And Sucks It's Thumb.

I've left out bands like The Cure and Siouxie & The Banshees because i wanted to go down a more challenging route.

Unrelenting · 12-14-2009, 10:09 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YprQnzRfjg

the scariest song ive ever heard

Rickenbacker · 12-14-2009, 02:28 PM

Some personal favorites of mine that you could benefit from checking out.

Violent Femmes - Country Death Song

Violent Femmes - Never Tell

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Tupelo

King Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man (For sheer mindblowing factor)

Leadbelly - Where Did You Sleep Last Night?

Leonard Cohen - Avalanche

I'd post some more but I've got to run.

lucifer_sam · 12-14-2009, 02:38 PM

scariest motherfucking music i've ever heard.

Rage Against the Machine · 12-14-2009, 02:43 PM

Bricks were shat.

Schizotypic · 12-14-2009, 03:46 PM

Check out Spires That In The Sunset Rise. Really it depends on who your audience is, if it's someone who already loves Comus then good luck freaking them out. If it is someone kind of new to the harder stuff to get into then even easy listening like Nick Cave should do the trick. It's all subjective in my book.

These are some pretty interesting artists that Zarko was writing about.

jackhammer · 12-14-2009, 03:50 PM

I was listening to this earlier on and you should take something off this:

and this:

Dead Machines are a good bet too.

loveissucide · 12-14-2009, 03:54 PM

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The Afghan Whigs-My Curse

storymilo · 12-14-2009, 04:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rickenbacker

Violent Femmes - Country Death Song

King Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man (For sheer mindblowing factor)

I'd post some more but I've got to run.

Man I love that King Crimson, but I wouldn't really call it scary. Just awesome.

But Country Death Song is creepy as hell.

loveissucide · 12-14-2009, 04:14 PM

12-14-2009, 09:33 AM	#1 (permalink)
Sneer Let it drip Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 5,430	Delving into the horror of sound Greetings all, i've just started on a project with a couple of friends of mine, each of us has to come up with a 30 song playlist containing the most unsettling, terrifying pieces of music we know. I so far have around 20 tracks, which are posted below. What im asking from you is do you have any other suggestions, and if you were to do one of these, what would your 20 consist of? Mine thus far: Comus - Bitten Cromagnon - Toth, Scribe I Set Fire To Flames - There Is No Dance In Frequency And Balance Henry Cow - Solemn Music Fifty Foot Hose - Cauldron Popol Vuh - Die Nacht Der Himmel Michael Gordon - Excerpt Three Bauhaus - Double Dare Massacre - Gate Daniel Johnston - Despair Came Knocking Trencher - Nightmares On Crack St Art Bears - Civilization Faust - Mamie Is Blue White Noise - Love Without Sound The Residents - Isolation Swans - Beautiful Child Arab On Radar - God Is Dad Flying Saucer Attack - Rainstorm Blues Mount Eerie - My Heart Is Not At Peace This Heat - Cenotaph Throbbing Gristle - What A Day Nurse With Wound - Two Mock Projections The Telescopes - Oil Seed Rape MARS - Hairwaves This Mortal Coil - The Horizon Bleeds And Sucks It's Thumb. I've left out bands like The Cure and Siouxie & The Banshees because i wanted to go down a more challenging route. __________________ LastFM Sneer's Emporium of Sound Fright Team radio show Last edited by Sneer; 12-14-2009 at 09:41 AM.

12-14-2009, 10:09 AM	#2 (permalink)
Unrelenting True to username Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 1,100	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YprQnzRfjg the scariest song ive ever heard __________________ My lastfm

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Rickenbacker / Join Date: May 2009 Location: The Conn Posts: 1,338	Some personal favorites of mine that you could benefit from checking out. Violent Femmes - Country Death Song Violent Femmes - Never Tell Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Tupelo King Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man (For sheer mindblowing factor) Leadbelly - Where Did You Sleep Last Night? Leonard Cohen - Avalanche I'd post some more but I've got to run. __________________ last.fm rym Talk About the Passion - R.E.M.'s Discography Reviewed Last edited by Rickenbacker; 12-14-2009 at 02:33 PM.

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lucifer_sam Unrepentant Ass-Mod Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 3,921	scariest motherfucking music i've ever heard. __________________ first.am

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Schizotypic Souls of Sound Sailors Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Mojave Posts: 759	Check out Spires That In The Sunset Rise. Really it depends on who your audience is, if it's someone who already loves Comus then good luck freaking them out. If it is someone kind of new to the harder stuff to get into then even easy listening like Nick Cave should do the trick. It's all subjective in my book. These are some pretty interesting artists that Zarko was writing about.

12-14-2009, 03:50 PM	#7 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	I was listening to this earlier on and you should take something off this: and this: Dead Machines are a good bet too. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

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